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having carried ofF children. It is found in variou:^ 

 parts of Europe, but abounds most in the warmer 

 regions ; it has been known to breed in the moun- 

 tainous parts of Ireland ; it lays three, and sometimes 

 four eggs, of which seldom more than two are pro- 

 lific. It is finely preserved in the act of preying 

 on the White Hare of Scotland, 



HAWKS, 



This Case contains 17 Birds of the rapacious kind, 

 principally inhabitants of this island. 



1. Moor Buzzard (Falco -^Erugenosus). 



2. Common Buzzard (Falco Buteo). 



3. Peregrine Falcon (Falco Peregrinus). 



4. Ring-tail (Falco Pygargus). 



5. Hen Harrier (Falco Cyaneus). 



This and the last are now proved to be male and 

 female. 



6. Kestrel (Falco Tinnunculus). 



7. Kestrel, female. 



8. Sparrow 'hawk (Falco Nisus), 



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